Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway — Northern Europe (a Nordic Country in Scandinavia)
Elisabet Helsing
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 8, 2024
1. Elisabet Helsing Marker
Elisabet
Helsing
1940-2019
Ernæringsfysiolog og nyfeminist
Grunnla her ammehjelpen
1. oktober 1968
Sammen med 13 andre mødre
arbeidet hele livet for
mor og barns helse i Norge
og internasjonalt
Here from 1967-79 lived Elisabet Helsing (1940-2019), nutritionist and neo-feminist, who together with 13 other mothers founded on October 1, 1968, a movement for the support of breastfeeding. She worked all her life for maternal and child health in Norway and abroad.
Erected by Selskabet For Oslo Byes Vel, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Selskabet For Oslo Byes Vel series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 1, 1968.
Location. 59° 55.103′ N, 10° 44.815′ E. Marker is in Oslo. It is in Grünerløkka. It is on Thor Olsens gate, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Thor Olsens gate 10, Oslo 0180, Norway. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, in Scandinavia, in the Nordic Countries, in the Schengen Area, and in the Western World.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: David Goldberg (within shouting distance of this marker); Anna Goldberg (within shouting distance of this marker); Marie Goldberg (within shouting distance of this marker); Gustav Goldberg (within shouting distance of this marker); Edith Carlmar (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); St. Olav’s Cathedral World War II Memorial (about 150 meters away); Mauritz Bernstein (about 180 meters away); Møllergata Skole / Møllergata School (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oslo.
Also see . . .
1. Elisabet Helsing (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: Dr Elisabet Helsing DrMedSci (3 June 1940 – 26 January 2019) was a Norwegian nutritional physiologist.(Submitted on July 22, 2024.)
Helsing attended the University of Oslo, and subsequently wrote on and campaigned for natural breastfeeding.
She was a founder of the Norwegian support group for mothers, Ammehjelepen, whose first meeting was held in her house in 1968, and which inspired the Swedish equivalent...
2. Obituary in Memory of Dr. Elisabet Helsing (UN Standing Committee on Nutrition).
Excerpt: Elisabet Helsing, born in Oslo in 1940, began her working life as a school teacher. It was while(Submitted on July 22, 2024.)nursing her own two children that she developed a strong interest in protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Backed by a young medical officer in the Norwegian National Directorate of Health, Gro Harlem Brundtland –later Norway’s Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) ‒she developed official pamphlets with practical advice for mothers on how to succeed at breastfeeding. In 1968, she founded Ammehjelpen, the mother-to-mother breastfeeding support group, which rapidly expanded across the country and was credited with the dramatic rise in breastfeeding in Norway over the subsequent decade…Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 8, 20242. Elisabet Helsing Marker - wide view
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Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 8, 2024
3. Elisabet Helsing Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 90 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 22, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
